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Charlamagne supports Southwest making obese flyers purchase extra seats
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Radio host Charlamagne tha God praised an upcoming airline policy change on Wednesday, saying obese passengers should consider eating less food if they don’t want to buy a second seat to accommodate their size.
Beginning on Jan. 27, 2026, Southwest Airlines will ditch open seating, having previously had a “pick any seat” policy, allowing customers to purchase tickets in different boarding groups by selecting where they wanted to sit upon boarding the plane.
The airline has also cautioned portly customers “who encroach upon the neighboring seat(s)” to proactively purchase the necessary number of seats prior to travel. Next month, however, such customers “will be required to purchase an additional seat and pay any applicable seat fee at the airport.”
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“Why don’t they just make them fly cargo?” Charlamagne asked on “The Breakfast Club” radio show as his crew discussed the upcoming change. “And furthermore, I don’t have a problem at all with this, OK? If you are too big for one seat, then you just got to buy two seats. Don’t act like the plane is doing something to you. You know how big you are!”
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Charlamagne tha God during a campaign event on Sept. 9, 2022, in Atlanta. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)
“But what if you don’t got the bread to buy another seat, but you fat? You can’t control that,” co-host Jess Hilarious said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“Well, you shouldn’t have been eating so much bread. You need to stop eating bread. All right? OK. By the way, tall people got to go through this, too! Tall people gotta buy the extra leg-room seats, so it ain’t just fat people that gotta deal with this. If you’re a tall person, you gotta buy extra legroom because you know you need it.”
“I don’t think that this is any wrongdoing of the plane, is what I’m simply saying,” Charlamagne said, going on to mention how stuffing somebody who does not fit well into a seat is not only a disservice to them, but to whomever sits next to them.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Co-host Jess Hilarious said she might actually prefer to sit next to an obese person, suggesting it would offer extra cushioning. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
He later concluded by telling listeners, “So Southwest is making a push to cut costs, it’s the new year, you should make a push to cut weight, OK? That should be your New Year’s resolution.”
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“Why don’t they just make them fly cargo?” Charlamagne asked on “The Breakfast Club” radio show. (Derek White/Getty Images for iHeartMedia and The Black Effect Podcast Network)
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WAYNESBORO, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – One person is dead and a teenager has been arrested after an overnight shooting in Burke County, authorities said.
Burke County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called around 1:13 a.m. on Sunday to the 200 block of Highway 23 for a physical altercation that escalated into a shooting.
On scene, deputies say they found an adult male with an apparent gunshot wound.
Deputies rendered aid and performed CPR until Burke County Emergency Management Agency personnel arrived, officials said.
The victim was taken to Burke Health, where he later died, according to the sheriffs office.
Deputies say a juvenile was also taken for treatment of injuries sustained during the altercation.
Investigators later arrested a 16-year-old suspect, who was taken to the Augusta Regional Youth Detention Center, according to authroties.
The teen is charged with murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, possession of a handgun by a person under 18 and tampering with evidence.
The investigation remains active.
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Given our current digital landscape, you could be forgiven for yearning for a little nostalgia for years past and to wax poetic about the most memorable culinary themes and trends of the eras behind us. To bring your wistful memories to life, we’ve gathered a list of the restaurants in D.C. that are conceptualized around historic eras, places where you can immerse yourself in another era for a moment in time — or for the length of dinner.
We have a former tea room from the 1920s that now boasts a booming brunch, a nautical themed bar celebrating Alexandria’s place in history as a port city in the 1800s, and a spot that once served as a central location for civil rights activists to meet and eat. Use our guide to reminisce about 1950’s diner fare or find comfort in the enduring Italian American classic that is spaghetti-and-meatballs. What a time to be alive.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas freshman closer Sam Cozart is the best reliever in the country.
Cozart was named the Stopper of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association on Friday, becoming the fourth Longhorn to win it and the second freshman in the award’s 21-year history. The other freshman to win it was former Longhorn Corey Knebel in 2011.
Going into play at the Men’s College World Series, Cozart racked up nine saves with a 6-0 record and 1.65 ERA in 22 appearances. He has struck out 71 batters with 12 walks in 49 innings.
Cozart joins J. Brent Cox, Chance Ruffin and Knebel as Longhorns to win the award. Cox won it in 2005, and Ruffin won in 2010. Texas has more Stopper of the Year award winners than any program.
Georgia catcher Daniel Jackson was named the Dick Howser trophy winner for national player of the year, and West Virginia’s Steve Sabins was named the Mike Martin National Coach of the Year. Cozart was also named the National Freshman Pitcher of the Year by the NCBWA.
Texas is on the ropes in Omaha at the Men’s College World Series after a 7-1 loss Saturday to Georgia. The Longhorns face Alabama at 1 p.m. Monday in an elimination game, and to make the championship series, Texas will have to win five games in four days.
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